"A triumph of banality" - new US embassy in Berlin opens

Skybird · 05-26-08, 03:59 PM

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...555434,00.html

photos:
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,31844,00.html

I have to say, although some may call it a question of taste: visually the thing looks awful and simply terrible, and really is a mess for the surrounding location and atmophere and architecture - and that means something since that corner of the city I already did not like before (I know it from real life).

As the article says, German critics and newspapers unisono slam it, and I have not heared a single friendly word about it in private, too. It looks more like a high security prison in Bagdad, than an embassy in a western capital.

Regarding the representative value embassies also do have, the american architectures did their country no favour with this ugly thing. If this is the result of contemporary security assessements, then it tells something on the real score of that match between terrorists, and us (or America).

Boy is it ugly!

05-26-08, 03:59 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	"A triumph of banality" - new US embassy in Berlin opens http://www.spiegel.de/international/...555434,00.html photos: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,31844,00.html I have to say, although some may call it a question of taste: visually the thing looks awful and simply terrible, and really is a mess for the surrounding location and atmophere and architecture - and that means something since that corner of the city I already did not like before (I know it from real life). As the article says, German critics and newspapers unisono slam it, and I have not heared a single friendly word about it in private, too. It looks more like a high security prison in Bagdad, than an embassy in a western capital. Regarding the representative value embassies also do have, the american architectures did their country no favour with this ugly thing. If this is the result of contemporary security assessements, then it tells something on the real score of that match between terrorists, and us (or America). Boy is it ugly! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.